2 Chronicles 15:16:142 Chr.15.16.W14TAB
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף
vayisrof
“and he burned”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-ROF
- Extended
- vah-yihs-ROHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈroːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he burned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-ROF
- clause
va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TAH va-DAK va-yis-ROF be-NA-khal kid-RON
- sentence
ve-GAM-ma-a-KHA EM a-SA ha-ME-lekh he-si-RAH mig-ge-vi-RA a-sher-a-SE-ta la-a-she-RA mif-la-TSET va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TAH va-DAK va-yis-ROF be-NA-khal kid-RON
Exegesis
vayyisrof {וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת… וַיָּ֕דֶק… וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף | wayyiḵrōṯ… wayyādeq… wayyiśrōp̄}—portraying escalating destruction (felling, pulverizing, burning) as a comprehensive eradication.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Resh–Pe
“to burn”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:16
Moreover, King Asa removed Maakah, his mother, from her role as queen mother , because she had made a horrifying image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (vayisrof) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.15.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.16.W14.S1) and character.